PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AMENDMENTS OF 1977

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 7200

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO MAKE
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROGRAMS OF SUPPLE-
MENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS, AID TO FAMILIES
WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN, CHILD WELFARE SERVICES,
AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

JULY 12, 18, 19, AND 20, 1977

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CONTENTS

ADMINISTRATION WITNESSES

Califano, Hon. Joseph A., Jr., Secretary, Department of Health, Education,

and Welfare, accompanied by Arabella Martinez, Assistant Secretary

for Human Development; and Bruce Cardwell, Commissioner, Social

Security Administration_..

Green, Hon. Ernest G., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and

Training, accompanied by William B. Hewitt, Director of the Office of

Policy, Evaluation and Research, Employment and Training Ad-

ministration, and Merwin S. Hans, Director of the Office of Work

Incentive Programs.-

PUBLIC WITNESSES

Ahmann, Mathew H., associate director for governmental relations,
National Conference of Catholic Charities.

Affleck, John J., director, Rhode Island Department of Social and Re-

habilitative Services, and chairman, National Council of State Public

Welfare Administrators of the American Public Welfare Association___.

American Enterprise Institute, Robert Woodson, resident fellow----

American Public Welfare Association:

John J. Affleck, director, Rhode Island Department of Social and

Rehabilitative Services and chairman, National Council of State

Public Welfare Administrators___

Greg Coler, associate commissioner for social services, New York

State Department of Social Services and chairman of the Social

Services Committee of the National Council of State Public Wel-

fare Administrators_

Beame, Hon. Abraham, mayor, city of New York.

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Bellmon, Hon. Henry, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma.__

Bernstein, Blanche, State deputy commissioner, income maintenance,

New York State Department of Social Services__.

Bingham, Hon. Jonathan B., a Representative from the State of New York.

Brookings Institution, Gilbert Steiner, senior fellow_ -

Carleson, Robert B., president, Robert B. Carleson & Associates--

Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law, Henry A. Freedman, director- --

Child Welfare League of America, Abe Lavine, executive vice president,

Jewish Child Care Association of New York, accompanied by Betsy

Cole, North American Center on Adoption___

Coler, Greg, associate commissioner for social services, New York State

Department of Social Services and chairman of the Social Services

Committee of the National Council of State Public Welfare Adminis-

trators, American Public Welfare Association___

Corrada, Hon. Baltasar, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, ac-

companied by Dr. Jenaro Collazo, secretary of social services, Puerto

Rico

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Cutler, Lynn, supervisor, Waterloo County, Iowa, on behalf of the Na-

tional Association of Counties, accompanied by Pat Johnson, welfare

consultant, National Association of Counties..

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de Lugo, Hon. Ron, Delegate, from the Virgin Islands.

Dixon, Wayne E., accompanied by Mario V. Crocetti and Richard A.

Stewart..

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Peter Forsythe, vice president..

Everitt, Dee, National Association for Retarded Citizens

Forney, Dorothy M., member of the board, National Welfare Fraud

Association..

Forsythe, Peter, vice president, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation......--

Freedman, Henry A., director, Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law..........

Goldin, Harrison J., comptroller, New York City.